Background

The core of the OET is a script execution engine which runs a requested script in a child Python process. The engine supervises script execution, in that it can terminate the script at any time when requested, and captures the output and/or errors generated by the script for inspection by a (remote) client.

A REST layer makes the Python API for the script execution engine available via REST over HTTP. This project also contains a command line client to allow users to submit script execution requests to a remote OET backend.

The REST layer is made up of two components that work together to provide the remote script execution functionality:

• The OET REST server maintains a list of the scripts that have been loaded and their current state. The server implements the interface specified by the OET Module View: REST API.

• The OET OET Command Line Interface provides a Command Line Interface (CLI) to the OET backend.

More details on the OET architecture can be found in C&C view: OET client and OET backend.

Note

SKA control scripts are not packaged as part of this project. The repository of observing scripts executed by the OET can be found in the ska-oso-scripting project.